Saturday, January 17, 2009

Introduction to Botany- ORIGIN


ORIGIN
The Study of living organisms is called 'Biology'. In Greek Language 'BIOS' means life and 'LOGOS' means discourse. The Foundation for Biology was laid from time immemorial. It developed due to the efforts of the scientists from earlier generations.Biology helps us to understand the Morphology, physiology, reproduction, variations, evolutions, geographical distribution and several other aspects related to living organisms.
Living Organisms can be grouped into plants and animals. The Science related to plants called Botany and science related to animals is called 'Zoology'. According to Ancient greek language the term "Bous" means cattle and "Bouskein" means cattle feed. In course of time "Bouskein"gave rise to the term "Botane" from which the term "BOTANY" is derived

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